Testimony in dam-site lawsuit wraps up

Testimony in the federal lawsuit over a Hutchinson dam on private property wrapped up last week in Wichita.

U.S. District Judge Monti Belot III's ruling is not expected until at least June.

In 2008, Jerry and Georgia McGonigle bought the residential property that had the dam, considered part of Hutchinson's northeast flood-control efforts. They said they were not told about the obligation to maintain the dam that was imposed on the property owner.

Defendants in the case are real estate brokers Karen Gilliland and Terry Brigman, working with, respectively, the seller and buyer in the 2008 transaction. Astle Realty is a defendant, too.